沈黙は金なり、しかし外国語を覚えようとするときにはそうではない。

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English Translation

Silence is golden, but not when trying to learn a foreign language.

Furigana

沈黙(ちんもく)は金(きん)なり、しかし外国語(がいこくご)を覚(おぼ)えようとするときにはそうではない。

Romanji

Chinmoku wa kin nari, shikashi gaikokugo o oboeyou to suru tokini wa sō de wa nai.

Words

沈黙 (ちんもく)

silence; being silent; quiet; hush; reticence; inaction

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

金 (きん)

gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup); valuable; of highest value; gold coin; money; Friday; metal (fourth of the five elements); Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE); gold general; testicles; karat; carat

なる (なる)

that is in; who is called; that is called; that is

然し (しかし)

however; but

外国語 (がいこくご)

foreign language

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

覚える (おぼえる)

to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember; to learn; to pick up; to acquire; to feel; to think; to regard

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix